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diff --git a/Build/source/utils/xpdfopen/README b/Build/source/utils/xpdfopen/README index 6d0e35b29ef..2b25b7782fa 100644 --- a/Build/source/utils/xpdfopen/README +++ b/Build/source/utils/xpdfopen/README @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -xpdfopen 0.83 - Send open/close commands to Acrobat Reader, xpdf and evince +xpdfopen 0.84 - Send open/close commands to Acrobat Reader, xpdf and evince --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a Linux (X11) implementation of Fabrice Popineau's pdfclose/ @@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ The libX code was borrowed from Reinhard Fobbe's Sendx library for Tcl/Tk, and the programs use the same license, copied below. Version 0.3 adds support for Adobe Reader 7.0 for Linux. -(different window titles and key shortcuts) + (different window titles and key shortcuts) Version 0.4 uses autoconf -Version 0.5 fixes an incorrect autoconf variable, supports -building under X11R5, handles pathnames on the command-line, -and fixes a bug where pdfopen did not exit correctly after -(automatically) starting acroread. +Version 0.5 fixes an incorrect autoconf variable, supports building + under X11R5, handles pathnames on the command-line, and + fixes a bug where pdfopen did not exit correctly after + (automatically) starting acroread. Version 0.51 uses the strrchr() function instead of rindex() -to allow compilation on non-BSD derived unix platforms. + to allow compilation on non-BSD derived unix platforms. Version 0.61 attempts to do something useful with Adobe Reader 8, -even though it is impossible to restore the viewport. + even though it is impossible to restore the viewport. Version 0.80 adds an implementation for AR 9 and xpdf. @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ Version 0.82 adds a man page and -v/--version options for pdfopen. Version 0.83 adds the -r/-reset_focus option for pdfopen. +Version 0.84 adds 'load at given page' support (-p option) for Adobe + Reader 9, evince (at least 3.12, maybe earlier) and xpdf. + The AR command lines do not behave precisely the same as under Windows, because the Linux Reader behaves somewhat differently: it is not @@ -40,7 +43,10 @@ scriptable, but it is possible to 'fake' key-presses. pdfopen has the following call sequence: pdfopen [-r|-reset_focus] \ - [-viewer <ar9|ar9-tab|ar8|ar7|ar5|xpdf|evince>] <pdf file name> + [-viewer <ar9|ar9-tab|ar8|ar7|ar5|xpdf|evince>] \ + [-p <page number>] \ + <pdf file name> + The 'ar9' version uses the '-openInNewInstance' option, the 'ar9-tab' version does not (so if there is already an AR9 window open, a new tab will be opened in that window). @@ -52,7 +58,7 @@ This program closes an existing AR5, AR7, AR8, AR9, xpdf or evince window displaying the given PDF file. -Version 0.83 compiles on Linux (Slackware64 13.37, anyway) with +Version 0.84 compiles on Linux (Slackware64 14.1, anyway) with the following command: gcc -Wall pdfopen.c sendx.c utils.c -o pdfopen -lX11 -s should you not want to go through the process of creating and running @@ -62,8 +68,8 @@ a configure program. Taco Hoekwater <taco@metatex.org> (Version(s) up to 0.61) Dordrecht, The Netherlands, December 2008. -Jim Diamond <jim.diamond@acadiau.ca> (Version 0.80, 0.81, 0.82 and 0.83) -Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada; May 2011. +Jim Diamond <jim.diamond@acadiau.ca> (Version 0.80 through 0.84) +Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada; May 2014. @@ -92,6 +98,6 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND -NON-INFRINGEMENT. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" -BASIS, AND THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE +NON-INFRINGEMENT. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND +THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS. |